airgun advice please

[smallford 0]

firstly i understand trajectory and safety all to welli shoot long bow with a local archery club, i could do more damege with a bow than you can with an air rifle, i also shoot time to time a bow tech stryker crossbow, so as i said i am all to aware of safety, i personally feel insulted that you should think i would just go out and buy a gun and start shooting if that were the case i would not of come on here and asked for advice, i am 40 so please credit it me with some savvy,

 

atb

 

sean

[mark01856 7]

firstly i understand trajectory and safety all to welli shoot long bow with a local archery club, i could do more damege with a bow than you can with an air rifle, i also shoot time to time a bow tech stryker crossbow, so as i said i am all to aware of safety, i personally feel insulted that you should think i would just go out and buy a gun and start shooting if that were the case i would not of come on here and asked for advice, i am 40 so please credit it me with some savvy,

 

atb

 

sean

 

i doubt anyone tried to insult you, sean3513 is very helpful. and seems to know his stuff.

 

you have asked questions and you have got descent answers mate.

[SEAN3513 7]

firstly i understand trajectory and safety all to welli shoot long bow with a local archery club, i could do more damege with a bow than you can with an air rifle, i also shoot time to time a bow tech stryker crossbow, so as i said i am all to aware of safety, i personally feel insulted that you should think i would just go out and buy a gun and start shooting if that were the case i would not of come on here and asked for advice, i am 40 so please credit it me with some savvy,

 

atb

 

sean

 

no offence intended at all mate......................but the question you asked is the most basic question ive seen asked in a long time, and i did ask in my first post if you had any experience etc.

 

i answered it with the best of intentions..........as mark points out, no one was out to insult anybody.

 

your comment about doing more damage with you "bow" than i can with my air rilfle is very true.

 

i have not, and never would damage anything with my air rifle.

 

sorry you feel insulted.

 

all the best

 

sean

Edited June 18, 2008 by SEAN3513

[ChrisJones 7,975]

doh! for some reason my reply has ended up in the middle of the qoute.

No worries, it's fixed.

 

firstly i understand trajectory and safety all to welli shoot long bow with a local archery club, i could do more damege with a bow than you can with an air rifle, i also shoot time to time a bow tech stryker crossbow, so as i said i am all to aware of safety, i personally feel insulted that you should think i would just go out and buy a gun and start shooting if that were the case i would not of come on here and asked for advice, i am 40 so please credit it me with some savvy,

 

Sean certainly wouldn't make an assumption like that. He's a very knowledgeable board regular. If we had a quid for everyone that came on with a rifle query we wouldn't have to work any more, apart from here.

 

Because of the sheer volume of requests, on here, sometimes you'll get what appears to be a standardised response. It's not intentional and if you hang around for a bit I'm sure you'll get a feel for the place. No one makes the assumption that you don't know shit... It's just that if we had a quid for every post I deleted, where someone wants to just go out and buy a gun and start shooting, not only would I be able to jack in work I'd be able to treat everyone here to a round of drinks and a new Bentley.

 

If you think we've got the wrong end of the stick then let us know a bit more about you. We don't bite and you might find that you actually like us.

[SEAN3513 7]

doh! for some reason my reply has ended up in the middle of the qoute.

No worries, it's fixed.

 

firstly i understand trajectory and safety all to welli shoot long bow with a local archery club, i could do more damege with a bow than you can with an air rifle, i also shoot time to time a bow tech stryker crossbow, so as i said i am all to aware of safety, i personally feel insulted that you should think i would just go out and buy a gun and start shooting if that were the case i would not of come on here and asked for advice, i am 40 so please credit it me with some savvy,

 

Sean certainly wouldn't make an assumption like that. He's a very knowledgeable board regular. If we had a quid for everyone that came on with a rifle query we wouldn't have to work any more, apart from here.

 

Because of the sheer volume of requests, on here, sometimes you'll get what appears to be a standardised response. It's not intentional and if you hang around for a bit I'm sure you'll get a feel for the place. No one makes the assumption that you don't know shit... It's just that if we had a quid for every post I deleted, where someone wants to just go out and buy a gun and start shooting, not only would I be able to jack in work I'd be able to treat everyone here to a round of drinks and a new Bentley.

 

If you think we've got the wrong end of the stick then let us know a bit more about you. We don't bite and you might find that you actually like us.

 

thanks chris...........good post (as usual.... )

 

we are all here help to the best of our abilities and as chris has pointed out.......hang around and you'll see we are all like minded.............and encourage any newcomers.

 

hope that clears it up.

 

regards as always

 

sean

[celticwar 1]

if bsa is your thing go here http://bsaog.co.uk/forum/index.php

very nice guns bsa ultra , t10 s10 ect

 

i no what you mean i used to shoot the long bow mate my dad teach me as a lad im now 33 .l.o.l

not done it years so i no you will no all about back stops ect ect .

well def look through mags see what you like ,look on net

make list of the guns you like then go and try them for fit , i tryed a few only one i liked was s10 bullbarrel ...

ive found its bit loud , so going to have it upgraded .....the other s10 fine

go for pcp nice silencer , multi shot .

then decide carbine or full length . me i went carbine ,most do for hunting and handy round trees ,buildings ,out windows

hope this helps mate

Edited June 19, 2008 by celticwar

[Guest bigredbusa]

.22 air arms 410 , get a pump and nice scope . job done .

 

park street are pretty good and they will tell you whats good and whats not.

 

.22 is what i use but some will say .177 which you will find a lot of paper punchers use aswell. ( so you work it out )

 

i cant remember if park street had a little range or maybe im thinking of the old gunshop in hertford so you can have a plink before you buy .

 

good luck in your search fella